Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-10
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am net in tue habit OF neddIine.
either pro o. co... on the whiskey CUES
| ton. but SEEING 50 mach said Of lase on
the susjset Of high liceuAe. have con-
cia FED - say few words respecting il.
Ia tee frst place, - the 1se of wkis-
key. beer, vine. oF any other strong
drink. necessify7 Do they. or sny OF
then, fill the bin OF fcOd or rsineuts
Does their uss tend to make men better,
or worse? Tbe iFst and second Of these
| Questions have BEEN answered in the
negative hundreds OF times By many Of
ne most celebrated physicians Of eur
| day And that their use fsrds to masks
men wore, instead Of better, needs nc
I argumeS {.
fhen. IN few words. vey license their
sale under any circumstances? Why
not also license harlotrv. polyRsmv
narse stealing. rape, arson, murder and
/ all other eTines2
I Ii IL simple nonsense tn repeat, Men
, will have II, "Y0a can't stop it," etc
How long did IL take the city Of Sc.
site to stop the snurceress of Sires and
George K ynoids, when they reused ar
/ IN their might and said, 1T shall be
- ~ A-IN = AAA5 u1itN RA bGtlUI tdhc
4, hold OF the iq1or question. and d0wr
( IL must 20 at once. / hsve 40 war with
I parties that sell the stuff: the guilt lie.
upon the heads If those who connive al
It, vote for il, make laws TO regulate il
etc. Mr.. Editor, il cannot be regulated
A pint If whiskev drank frOm 4 golden
eup is Just as disastrous 50 IL drsnk
ffsm a gourd. Raising the license only
2 g. A. - - q = l. =
rs consequence, harder 10 get rid Of.
The more money Il puts int the
treasury, the less likelihood there is Of
getting PEOPLE, linen ! mean. as women
are not peoplel, to vote against it. In
my childhood days, it was csmmon
stock, anybody could mennfa sturs
whlskey or brandy that wished TO do so
and there vas the same liberty in its
sale and use. It was cheap and free al
most a. water, and there was less
drunkenness then than now.
Sup you stop all the s3loons, BET
one, Ia your eItv from selling. viii thai
stop the drinking? think you are too
honest q man to say yes. Then Why
not go to the other extreme. a. q let IL
dow in your streets as freely as tho
water runs down your hilis. Mr.. Editor
Tie true reason lies in these words
Men love it," end it is because OF this
love, manifested in varioas WAYS, that
1t Is suffered to curse cur Nation. Many
OF our excellent papers ory out for high
iiceuse lest they loose some of their pat
roRaRe. The same il true of the mer-
chant and various other occupations.
Even professed Christi ms refuse &c
cast the tipiers out of their churches
because ii pays to ep them in. There
| is money it.
And still worse, men protesting godl!-
ness, getting upon their knees, askinG
| God 10 eradicate all evil. then get or
and vota With party that wants free
whisbsy. D Consistency where is Thy
/ blush.
Fl ally, take the subject of revenue
and boldly assert that the costs arriv
ing from the prosecutions of crimes
committed, and tbs resultant pau3esisu
arising therefrom, will far OverbalancI
all the revenue derived FROM sns system
of LICENSES, however high they may be
These are my sentiments plainly, but
respectfully Submitted.
II NJ. HosKINsoN.